What is the major challenge of the molecular clock approach?

a. DNA sequences can change at different rates.
b. Homologous sequences are difficult to find and identify.
c. There are no data from the geological record that can be combined with the molecular data to set the clock.
d. All of these are challenges.


Answer: A

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